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| Canada announces immediate ban on ‘military-grade’ assault weapons | Canada announces immediate ban on ‘military-grade’ assault weapons |
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| TORONTO — The Canadian government on Friday announced an immediate ban on some 1,500 makes and models of “military-grade” assault weapons, including two weapons used by the gunman who killed 22 people in rural Nova Scotia during the country’s deadliest mass shooting last month. | TORONTO — The Canadian government on Friday announced an immediate ban on some 1,500 makes and models of “military-grade” assault weapons, including two weapons used by the gunman who killed 22 people in rural Nova Scotia during the country’s deadliest mass shooting last month. |
| Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there will be a two-year amnesty period for gun owners to comply with the prohibition. He said legislation will be drafted in the coming months to provide “fair compensation” to them. | |
| “There is no use and no place for such weapons in Canada,” Trudeau said in a news conference in Ottawa on Friday that began with him listing several mass shootings in the country’s history. | “There is no use and no place for such weapons in Canada,” Trudeau said in a news conference in Ottawa on Friday that began with him listing several mass shootings in the country’s history. |
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| He said that while most firearms owners are law-abiding citizens, “you don’t need an AR-15 to bring down a deer.” | He said that while most firearms owners are law-abiding citizens, “you don’t need an AR-15 to bring down a deer.” |
| Trudeau, who pledged stricter gun-control measures during last year’s federal election, said his government had planned to introduce tougher rules in March but was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. The ban will be enacted through regulations approved by cabinet, not through legislation in Parliament. | Trudeau, who pledged stricter gun-control measures during last year’s federal election, said his government had planned to introduce tougher rules in March but was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. The ban will be enacted through regulations approved by cabinet, not through legislation in Parliament. |
| Andrew Scheer, the interim leader of the opposition Conservative Party, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. that it was “completely inappropriate” for the government to make a “major policy change” at a time when Parliament has been effectively shut down because of the pandemic. | Andrew Scheer, the interim leader of the opposition Conservative Party, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. that it was “completely inappropriate” for the government to make a “major policy change” at a time when Parliament has been effectively shut down because of the pandemic. |
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